Wasteland 2 Early Access This Week

inXile entertainment announces that now that the
Wasteland 2 beta has launched, they
are planning on launching Steam Early Access for the RPG sequel tomorrow. Here's
word:

For the first time, gamers are getting the chance to play inXile
entertainmentís Wasteland 2, which was successfully crowdfunded through
Kickstarter in April 2012. More than ten thousand backers entered the backer
beta on Wednesday, through their Kickstarter or late pledges to the project.
Wasteland 2 will also be entering Steam Early Access on Friday, to allow late
backers to purchase and jump on immediately.

Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic RPG with old-school sensibilities, with a
heavy focus on tactical turn-based combat, a deep and open world and reactivity
to player choices. It is the sequel to 1988ís Wasteland, with the player taking
control of a party of Desert Rangers striving to bring peace to the wastes. Set
15 years after the original, the game does not require familiarity with the
originalís plot but does follow up on the originalís story in many ways.

The Wasteland 2 beta consists of the first four major areas of the game and
related minor maps, along with character creation, world map travel, and random
encounters. More areas will be added as the beta progresses. Beta backers and
early access gamers will get exactly the same content here.